Legal Opinion
Emmco Insurance Co. v. Globe Indemnity Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 27, 1959No. 44382PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMITER, Justice.
In this tort suit, which arises out of a collision between an automobile owned and driven by plaintiff Otto Strong and another car belonging to and operated by one Sam Pitti (the insured of the sole defendant herein, Globe Indemnity Company), we granted a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal for the Parish of Orleans to review its ruling on the following question: When this plaintiff invoked the direct action statute (LRS 22 :655), suing only the insurer of Sam Pitti in demanding damages, was Pitti entitled to intervene in the suit (as he proceeded to do) for the purpose…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Erskine v. GardinerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- Emmco Insurance v. Globe Indemnity Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1958
3Cited by5 opinions
- Finn v. EMPLOYERS'LIABILITY ASSURANCE CORPORATIONLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1962
- Bellow v. New York Fire & Marine Underwriters, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
- Andrus v. Police Jury of Parish of LafayetteLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1972
- Resor v. MoutonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Emmco Insurance Co. v. Globe Indemnity Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1960